New Attempt To Defund Dea’S Anti-Cannabis Program

[Greg Rx]

 

 

 

A new bipartisan bill has been put forward in the U.S. House of Representatives toquash an anti-marijuana program under the Drug Enforcement Agency.

The initiative, officially called the Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program, allows the DEA to distribute federal money to state and local governments to help them seize cannabis and destroy cultivation sites. In 2013, the DEA used $18 million for the program, according to Forbes.

The new congressional bill would ban the use of federal funds for the program, effectively abolishing it. The measure would also prohibit the transfer of any property to local governments if the property was intended to be used to support the DEA’s suppression program.

The bill – dubbed the Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act – was introduced by Congressmen Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, and Justin Amash, a Michigan Republican.

The bill is the latest in a string of ongoing bipartisan attempts in Congress to reform federal marijuana laws.

[Restorium2]

Co sponsored by; Justin Amash, a Michigan Republican .......

 

Thanks to RAMP we now have quite a few republicans on board.

 

[Pain]

One step at a time is a good thing. 18 million dollars is alot of money, that can go else where.

Edited October 3, 2015 by Pain

[phaquetoo]

I love it!

 

Peace

[outsideinthecold]

Real progress would be ending grant monies to SWET, TNT, and all those other cute monikered plant police posses.

 

And eighteen million is chicken feed compared to the multi-multi billions wasted annually.

 

But anything that helps take down the plant police reality shows is a start. Are ninja dressed Fed Swat teams rappelling down from hovering helos to rip out pot plants from remote mountainside plots really entertainment? Dumb.

 

And finally the GOP may be beginning to realize their mandarins' blind support of the Arrest-and-Punishment Industry has alienated too many who might otherwise consider supporting a smaller government structure and more for the average citizen.

Edited October 4, 2015 by outsideinthecold